Type dispenser



July 26, 1949. E. w. FLOOD 2,417,514

I TYPE DI SPENSER Filed April 26, 1947- .7 .frzegendar fizz/lam; a M M.1

Patented July 26, 1949 UNETE D F j 2,477,514..

r DISPENSER- Eflward; Hopkinton, Mass., assig,no1:. to Benn-ismsManufacturing Cnmpany,. Framing: ham, Mass.,.a inauguration.ofMassachusetts s i l mtimeprirzo, 1941; Serial mesmer z Thisinventionrelatesti--typ dispensenssand: more particularly-tothercharacter" type disa penser customariiy; used inr' conjunction Withimanual" type sett'ing in; which desired: p eces of: type. of diffierentdenomihationsmust heund yrd uail'y sel'ect'ed'bythe operatorandmsertedunto.

in in wuss.- d a gn fibj e ct of the inventionis" te PI'QVIQ'FJ" a type,dispenserof" the chara-cter described which will, eflici'ently andaccurateiyyintroduc mtoethe fingera of. the, operator: desiitefiindii iduai piece oi typei.properly;positi ed andfready'ior inser tion into. thecDmlIdSih Siiibk; fir other qbaect of the invention is to,.n iovidea:type-dispenser e thachanacten descri-hediwfii is instantaneously capableof successively presenting in manner abovedescrihed, an-ifiaee'qnateiqiiantityofftype" of thewsame denominationw quanta nememshmgertn p hAnothen (m et oittheinvent onfl k pnqyide a twawdispensen. oithelchatacten'de V which is? easy and. inexpensive; j to -Jasmine, issimpleand-1 durafiletiniconstnuctiorn and; whlch combines adequatecapacity fear alii id'enoininations ofi; type.-

neq iuedi in printing w th msasirmimeconomywinssnaeea i In one: aspeetthesinventionsinvoly es a type dispensem compnising a: casing; havingchembolster: neceiizimgz atstack -zofi ta ,.sa1id;;.easing,hau ing; atdisehargemgening communicatingswithothe chamhem-opposite one 3361: of;iihGjJlQWQiIIQQStxytYPBi an: ejectowmnunteda tea ma ze? incnsatretracted position.- to an advameedu position within said ehanmbeizw andepenativevwixiiev advommgfioz contacttthednnem endt oi: the lumennslosixr types; and towzejeetaitpthrweh zthe dischans-imaiopeningiand aplungen: having its i nem ends intezconnected witmsaid eiector: omeremdnmiec i gr yonchsai'd icasmg adja'eentzto; said-i diecmrsgeepem the?piflm enib eim'gsliioimetve ihwazadly amt, mama-idly tn; thencasimg rand; being whem: msseda' inwardiyv to caorsvek'.v said ejector to:advance fmzml The piimger iawemnieamy ofiset? flan-me ci iamb'erand a;rocker"interconnects;ltiieeejectomamii the inner end oi the plunger; theeme being operative Whemthe: plimgefizis: pressed ihmdigi te eause iiheejector 'to advance iromseti aicted fpesi tioni Th s type dispenceifiurtfliei 'comprises fi'ieans iof nor" mgingth orange-1 @uswesmyawe'feenormalimretaihmg thaejciirriihretfactbd position, the parta beihg 'socenstructediand arranged that inwardmovement of theepiungencausestfieejee= tome to-= advance fimn retrmeted when and" re:

L2zClaimsh (01.312467).

Inanother: aspect the; easing; has i a nectang uw lam-shapedchambenionmeceiaina-a stack ofirtypa; the chamber extending outwardly;to-(the 'edg eyofr theacasing defining; a:-'discha nge!opening,,the:outem endof the plunger having-antigen pieces'spaced from. andextending; parallel to. :said edge adtia cent-theopening, said fingerpieceg'having alatera extensioneatending-transversely ofi-theopen ingbut spaced above=-the bottom of: the opening to permit the passage 0ftthe lowernwst type through, theopening, the-parts beingso cnmstnuctedand arranged that inward pressure uponrthe; finger piece causes the ejecton: to adyance from retracted positiom and causes thev latenaleext-emsionito obstructr the: opening: therebyto prevent ejection of theremaining type. Prefienabla the plunger-vs is mounted: above the;chamben and the finger piece depends from the outenendrof t-he plungen'.i i

In still another aspect the invention'zinavoives a type; dispenserhaving; as-plurahty of platea disposed in: 'faee-toi-face relationshipthe contigu; ous face of at least one of each of the opposedplateshaving; a; necesstior: receiving a stack of type, the.IZEGBSSwODmmUHi'GEhtiHgtwink-02 161 edge 1 oi the" plate; definingrrasdischarge opening thec cor-1: tig-uous face oiatleast-,1v one on eachof' the ope posed p1 ates having a, grooueacommunicatingwith the recessadjacent its lower Wall, an, ejector; mounted to -move inithe g roovefrom a retracted position. tonan advanced. position within, the; gre.cess, and operative While advancing tomontact the inner end. of thelowermost type. and; to eject. it through. the-s discharge opening, anda,.plunger: its; inner endinterconnected withv saidv ejecton and! its-1outer end project-- ingvheyond, one. edge. ofi'the plate, theplungermounted toy move inwardly and? outwardly, relative to. the. plate andbeing} operas time. when; messed inwardly, to,rcause said ejfictor to,advance from retracted position. 'Ithe: contiguous iaceoi ateleast oneofieach oflthe. 0.19: posed. plates may have. a .gr,oo.ve .vertica11y+fiset from the recess,. the, plunges beings mountedio move inwardly andoutwardly rel ziitllve,tos the plate in" said second groove. Preferably,the second groove is hvertieall'y, ofllsetr ahovethe recess" Thecontiguous face. oiiat least one. ofl each of). the opposing plates hasa recessv reanwardly oiiset from, thefirst recess and. communicating,Withthe first groove, thelsecond groove communicatin with the secondrecess ,,and,a rocken-i'sj mounted in the second recessandiinteliconnectsflthe ejector and the inner end of the plunger. Meansare mounted in the second recess for normally urging the plungeroutwardly and for normally retaining the ejector in retracted position.

In a preferred aspect the contiguous face of one of each of the opposedplates has a recess for receiving the stack of type, the contiguousfaces of each of the opposed plates have a groove communicating with therecess adjacent its lower wall for receiving the ejector and thecontiguous face of the other of each of the opposed plates has a groovevertically offset from the recess of the first plate for receiving aplunger. Preferably also the contiguous face of the other of each of theopposed plates has a recess rearwardly offset from the first recess forreceiving a rocker. The outer end of each plunger has a finger piecespaced from and extending parallel to said edge of the plate adjacentthe discharge opening, the finger piece having a lateral extensionextending transversely of the opening but spaced above the bottom of theopening to permit the passage of the lowermost type through the opening,whereby inward pressure upon the finger piece causes the ejector toadvance from retracted position and causes the lateral extension of thefinger piece to obstruct the opening thereby to prevent ejection of theremaining type.

For the purpose of illustration, a preferred embodiment of the inventionis shown in the accompanying drawings in which:

Fig. 1 is a front elevation;

Fig. 2 is an end elevation of the embodiment of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a front face elevation of an intermediate plate of theembodiment of Fig. 1;

Fig. 4 is a side elevation of Fig. 3 viewed from the 1eft side;

Fig. 5 is a side elevation the right side;

Fig. 6 is a cross section taken along the line 6-6 of Fig. 2; and

Fig. '7 is a cross section taken along the line l--1 of Fig. 4 shown inassociation with an end plate.

Referring to Figs. 1 and 2, the invention comprises two spaced parallelend frame members I and 2. A plurality of plates having their edges inregistr are held in face-to-face relationship of Fig. 3 viewed frombetween the end frame members by suitable means here shown as pivot rods3 extendin through registered openings provided in the plates and endframe members. The plates are preferably made of suitable moldablesynthetic resins, as by pressing to the shapes and dimensions required,and comprise intermediate plates 4 and end plates 5 and 6, the endplates having their outer faces contiguous with the inner faces of theend frame members I and '2 respectively.

Referring to Figs. 3, 4 and 5, one face 1 of each an ejector l3, theejector being adapted to move from a retracted position without therecess to an advanced position within the recess and being operativewhile advancing to contact the inner end of the lowermost type and toeject it from the recess through the discharge opening.

The opposite face I5 of each of the interme- .4 diate plates 4 and theinner face of end plate 6 are formed with vertically spaced grooves I 6in registry with grooves l2 of the opposed face 1 of each adjoiningplate each groove I6 being adapted to slidably receive a projecting sideedge of a said ejector l3. Rearwardly offset from each recess 9 of theopposed face 1 of each adjoining plate, each face l5 of the intermediateplates 4 and the inner face of end plate 6 are formed with a recess l'lcommunicating at its lower portion with a said groove l6 and extendingslightly below said groove for a purpose to be hereinafter set forth.The faces 15 of each of the intermediate plates 4 and the inner face ofend plate 6 are further formed with vertically spaced grooves l8 each ofsaid grooves l8 being vertically offset above a said recess 9 of theopposed face I of each adjoining plate, and communicating at one endwith the front edge 8 of the plate and extending parallel to a saidgroove l6 and communicating adjacent its opposite end with a said recessI! as shown in Fig. 4. A plunger 2!) is slidably mounted in each groovel8 for movement inwardly and outwardl relative to the plate, the outerend of each plunger normally projecting beyond the front edge 8 of theplate and. the inner end extending into a said recess ll. Adjacent itsinner end each plunger is formed at one edge with a notch 2| to receivea finger 22 provided at the top of a rocker member 23. Such a. rockermember is pivotally mounted within each recess I'l on pivot 3 and has afoot 24 which is received in a notch 25 provided adjacent the rearwardend and at a side edge of each said ejector [3 (Figs. 4 and'l).

From the foregoing and with reference to Fig. 4,,itis evident that whenthe plunger is pressed inwardly relative to the plate, the rocker iscaused to rock about the pivot 3 causing the foot 24 to advance towardthe recess 9 thereby causing the ejector to advance from retractedposition to enter within the recess 9. As the foot advances its lowerportion projects through the notch 25 of the ejector and freely moveswithin the lower portion of the recess IT.

A U-shaped leaf spring 26 has its base mounted on a seat 21 provided atthe lower rearward corner of each recess l1. One arm 28 of each U-shapedspring abuts the rearward wall of the recess l1 and the opposite arm 29abuts adjacent its end the inner end of the plunger 20 thereby tonormally urge the plunger outwardly and to normally maintain the ejectorin retracted position (Fig. 4). The forward edge of each seat 21provides a stop against further rearward movement of the foot 24 of eachrocker thereby to limit the rearward movement of the ejector and theoutward movement of the plunger.

At its outer end each plunger 2|] is provided with a dependingfinger'piece 30 spaced from the front edge 8 of the plate when theplunger is in its outward position and extendingdownwardly parallel tothe front edge and adjacent a said discharge opening,.the lower end ofthe finger piece terminating above the bottom of the discharge opening asufficient height to permit the free passage of the lowermost typethrough the discharge opening as shown in Figs. 1 and 4. At its lowerend each finger piece is provided with a lateral extension 3| extendingtransversely of a said discharge opening whereby when the finger pieceis pressed inwardly the lateral extension obstructs the opening toprevent passage of the type next above the lowermost type thereby toprevent passage of all but the lowermost type through the opening.

esta es Imhusinetthe tape; dispenserheteim-idesctibsd; eaehlrecess;.Bthas mesafinstwappropriately ldesis r natedahy SilififiblflilfififiHS?her: shown; by: way of; example? im.Fig;. 1 zby -mankinge the. f aceeoithe finger piece; 301. The: appnopriatei typei has; -,be,en: stacked incache recess; by: inserting the: it tyne through: the discharge;opening: above the lateral; extension 33! ot the: fingerv piece; the;fiootend or: theptypet facing the; dischatgel opening;- The?type-setting operator:- n-ow places =1 his forefinger; r

and: thumb? inltlie position shownin E ise. eat: the: alppnopfiateselected finger piece andvp rzesses the' piece; inwardly; toward theplate. abnta described-,; inward movement; at thefingezc piecezeausesthe. plunges to nmveoinwardlyiof plate; which forcesathe, rocker to,mole about: its pivot:- thereby tc foxce the ea'ector to 1110MB ironsretl'aeted'position amiito; advanee. witlaim theme oess; Aspthe ejectoradvances; it contaots the: innerwendoot the lowermostvtype amt-1 ejeots;it, thiiough, the discharge opening; between then-ad? vamci'ng; thumb:and f orefm'g en of the 1 onenatom lateral extension, ofthe-.fingerpicce; as: it (31* vane-es; inwardly. toward the plateIBIGMGHlIS: time ejection of the remaining-type: oiv thelstockz asaha-tea described; When the lowermostpiece of type, has been; thus:introduced between theafim. gersof: the operator; he; merely pincheshis; gers together; Withdraws the: individual pieces oi: type; from; thedispenser by 'tetractimgehis hand and places; the? ptoperly positionedtype into. his; composingesticlc.

0m release of -the;uinwezndxpressnnee upon. the finger; piece; andplunger; thespring: exerts; its forcelagainst the; inner end of! that;plungerto cause the plunger toa roturm tolits: mermahzposie tioriprojecting, from the frontuedgei. oi tltel plate and: tos-cause'thelejectorto? returm to: retracted position-without the recess 9-.Simultaueuusly with the withdrawal of the lowermost pieeelofi typefnomzthe recess; and; the-retraction; of the} ejector the lowermostotthe-remainine ype drops to the floor; of: the. recess amlrthediSP-lmsenisa ins, stasset.ar-ieously' ready-tor successi-v, elypresentto) the opeeatots: finger-- a second piece oi-typeaof' the same:denomination. in1 the; manner:; above: dB: scribed.-

slitxshould be: understooctzthatz the: present: dfiflr olosuneMien-.theupurposa of. illustration: only and thatthis: inventionincludes alt-modifications equivalents which fall Within threx scopecit-the appended: claims.-

l; A type dispenser: comprising a oasingrhaw mg arectangular:shapedtchambem for" receiving. astack ot, type, the chamber-ezetending outwardly to the edge of. the casing definingra dischargeopening, an ejection mounted: to move front a tetnactedposition toadvanced: position said? chamber: and; operative! while- Ladivancinga tocontactthe inner end of l the lowenmosttype eiectitvthrough timeopening; a. plunger: vertically offset-from the vchamber andrmounted;the: mom in waitdly andt outwardly relative; toz thea-casing and. havingits inner: enddnterconnected; withsaid; ejector and: its outer end"profilectingmbeyond the-open end of the casing, theeouter end; lottlieplunger having-1 a finger piece spaced stnoma and extending parelleletosaid edge; of the casingtand adi-acent theaopening, said? fingerpiece-hatingvia lateral-z extension. extending; transtenselyoofi theopeningebut spaced aboteithe bottomof: tire-operaa 1 to; permit thepassage: at the; lowermost-type throng-lathe opening; theipartswbemgslsos cone stizuctedanctarrangedsthat;mwardmressumempomstire-upomth disposed-1 in tace-to tecee reletiorisflai theplate aeausesl,tl e ejector to; advance mom retnalctedlipqfiii n d: a4 @s-; he:r extension to Qbstruet; ttielyopcnir g; thereby-to preventej'jectinmoisthe emaimns type 2;; Agbmegdisgfinfifit comprising a casinghaving, arreetangulapeshaped; chamber, for receiving a steel; Qt'type;tnetchemb t extending outwar ly tojqtheg edge; of the; casing defining adischarge operates an zejeetot mounted to move from a re-v ttaetedaposition 1 to an advanced: positionwithin, saidlzclaamber-and;operative, while advancing to contact 131162 inneeer d ot; the lowermosttype and at act-it fihiQklgllqllhfi; opening, a plunger mounted. alto-ie the chamber tolraoveinwardlyand outward-s 1 nel ative to the; casing;andvhavine its inner end iittercormec -;w-itl,;1 said; ejector and itsouter eased mnflzlectin beypnd eioperteud-of the casing, tlmelouter, endo the: 11 1;,Limer -hayiiegadepending fittest oo e e dieccnt the o eni-l dfi s npi having a lateral extensionextendingtransversely :tl eopenizug but; spacedabovethe (bottoms of time opening; topermitl,tliezpassage of the IQWGIY", mestttpa thaoeshltla weenmel the p t n so;construe-to ol-. arranged that inward presegee. piecezcauses, theeiector: to traetedposition causes the p v V to;obstruct theopeniug;thereby epresent-emotion otthe; remaining type 3;; retypedispenser-having as.plurality of plates the, conie fiaeeoi at lleos Qneac Qt hewa w fro at: e; themss s zwmm ei e ew h ned eof; the-platedefinipg adischarge opening, the-con,- tig ueus taco ot at least, one ofeach of the op: nose it ates evmaa ro ve communic new the; iifi5 a-idjacemst its; lower Wall an! ejector mounterito-rrrpveizi the] groove froma retracted; posits.ion; to an; advanced position withinth re? eess andoperative while adwancin-g tov contact th esiuueeenrtot tlae lowermost;type and. to eject it, tlamlflgthlthediseparge openingamia plungerlamina itsa; uglier end-interconnected. with; said l c or ts eterndrotec in beyend we the latter; thesplunger. being mounted; to wardlgaud outwardly relative to the plate and being operative whepspressediiriwardllp to cause; saidlejector to? adyapce-from retractedposition i i. Artypc disper seahavinge plurality otplates oispo sed-,in;tac -toz-face relationships h i tisuiousrfiaoezoi at leastione-oteaco oithe opposed pleates hauing al-recess for receiving astaclr 0t type therecess QOmmUiJiQafiH- IQWHI} one edgesot e; discharge opening, thecontieuul f fiace otat lea-stone oieachof, the opposed vi e-a st o e ommatin with he aeent its lower wait; an ejector mountedto; aye the ereoyeiromlaretraotedpositiorato ucedpositioni wi hin the rec ss; ndl ss we"while, EtdVfl-lifiilif; v to} conta-ot insert 2 and; ts lowermost typendv o: eject.itthru ehv he dirherg e; opening, the: contiguous-face atat least one otcaelo owf. the.-opposedaplateshayinga rooye vertieallyoffsetfrom the recess and. a iungeiz moentecls imthe second emote.to.move inwardly andxoutvrardlm relative-.120: the plate. the plungerhaving. its. inner end interconnected with: said ejects-rt and; its;outer end: projecting-beyond 1 the .ed geiofvthe: plate. wherebyinward-movement es the plunger causescsaid: ejector toladvancefromretsac-tedfiposition. l

EeAttypetdfi-speDser leaving alplura'lityof plates dispose-615mface-terrace: relationship, the; com. tieuoussfiace at least one-oteach.ot the. opposed plates having'a' recess for receiving a stack of type,the recess communicating with one edge of the plate defining a dischargeopening, the contiguous face ofat least one of each of the opposedplates having a groove communicating with the recess adjacent its lowerwall, an ejector mounted to move in the groove from a. retractedposition to an advanced position within the recess and operative whileadvancing to contact the inner end of the lowermost type and to eject itthrough the opening, the contiguous face of at least one of each of theopposed plates having a groove vertically offset above the recess, and aplunger mounted in the second groove, to move inwardly and outwardly ofsaid plate, the plunger having its inner end interconnected with saidejector and its outer end projecting beyond the one edge of the platewhereby inward movement of the plunger causes said ejector to advancefrom retracted position.

6. A type dispenser having a plurality of plates disposed inface-to-face relationship, the contiguous face of at least one of eachof the opposed plates having a recess for receiving a stack of type, therecess communicating with one edge of the plate defining a dischargeopening, the contiguous face of at least one of each of the opposedplates having a groove communicating with the recess adjacent its lowerwall, an ejector mounted to move in the groove from a retracted positionto an advanced position within the recess and operative while advancingto contact the inner end of the lowermost type and to eject it throughthe discharge opening, the contiguous face of at least one of each ofthe opposing plates having a recess rearwardly offset from the firstrecess and communicating with the groove and having a groove verticallyoffset from the first recess and communicating with the second recess,aplunger mounted in said second groove to move inwardly and outwardly ofthe plate and having its outer end projecting beyond the one edge of theplate, and a rocker mounted in the second recess and interconnecting theejector and the inner end of the plunger whereby inward movement of theplunger causes the ejector to advance from retracted position.

7. A type dispenser having a plurality of plates disposed inface-to-face relationship, the contiguous face of at least one of eachof the opposed plates having a recess for receiving a stack of type, therecess communicating with one edge of the plate defining a dischargeopening, the contiguous face of at least one of each of the opposedplates having a groove communicating with the recess adjacent its lowerwall, an ejector mounted to move in the groove from a retracted positionto an advanced position within the recess and operative while advancingto contact the inner end of the lowermost type and to eject it throughthe discharge opening, the contiguous face of at least one of each ofthe opposing plates having a recess rearwardly offset from the firstrecess and communicating with the groove and having a groovevertically'offset from the first recess and communicating with thesecond recess, a plunger mounted in said second groove to move inwardlyand outwardly of the plate and having its outer end projecting beyondthe one edge of the plate, a rocker mounted in the second recess andinterconnecting the ejector and inner end of the plunger, and meansmounted in the second recess for normally urging the plunger outwardlyand for normally retaining the ejector in retracted position, wherebyinward movement of the 8 plunger causes the ejector to advance fromretracted position and release of the plunger causes the ejector toretract from advanced position.

8. A type dispenser having a plurality of plates disposed inface-to-face relationship, the contiguous face of one of each of theopposing plates having a recess for receiving a stack of type, therecess communicating with one edge of the plate defining a dischargeopening, the contiguous faces of each of the opposed plates having agroove communicating with the recess adjacent its lower wall, an ejectormounted to move in the groove from a retracted to an advanced positionwithin the recess and operative while advancing to contact the inner endof the lowermost type and to eject it through the opening, thecontiguous face of the other of each of the opposed plates having agroove vertically offset from the recess of the first plate and aplunger mounted in said second grove, to move inwardly and outwardly ofthe plate, the plunger having its inner end interconnected with saidejector and its outer end projecting beyon dthe one edge of the platewhereby inward movement of the plunger causes said ejector to advancefrom a retracted position.

9. A type dispenser having a lurality of plates disposed in face-to-facerelationship, the contiguous face of one of each of the opposing plateshaving a recess for receiving a stack of type, the recess communicatingwith one edge of the plate defining a discharge opening, the contiguousfaces of each of the opposed plates having a groove communicating withthe recess adjacent its lower wall, an ejector mounted to move in thegroove from a retracted to an advanced position within the recess andoperative while advancing to contact the inner end of the lowermost typeand to eject it through the opening, the contiguous face of the other ofeach of the opposed plates having a recess rearwardly oifset from thefirst recess and communicating with the groove and having a groovevertically offset from the first recess and communicating with thesecond recess, a plunger mounted in said second grove to move inwardlyand outwardly out of the plate and having its outer end projecting fromthe one edge of the plate, and a rocker mounted in the second recess andinterconnecting the ejector and inner end of the plunger whereby inwardmovement of the plunger causes the ejector to advance from retractedposition.

10, A type dispenser having a plurality of plates disposed inface-to-face relationship, the contiguous face of at least one of theopposed plates having a recess for receivin a stack of type, the

recess extending outwardly to one edge of the plate to define adischarge opening, the contiguous face'of at least one of each of theopposed plates having a groove communicating with the recess adjacentits lower wall, an ejector mounted to move in the groove froma'retracted position to an advanced position within the recess and operative while advancing to contact the inner end of the lowermost typeand to eject it from the recess, the contiguous face of at least one ofeach of the opposed plates having a groove vertically offset from therecess, and a plunger mounted in the second groove to move inwardly andoutwardly of said plate, the plunger'having its inner end interconnectedwith said ejector and its outer end projecting beyond the one edge ofthe plate, the outer end of the plunger having a finger piece {spacedfrom and extending parallel to said edge of the plate adjacent thedischarge opening, the said finger piece having a lateral extension ex-'tending transversely of the opening but spaced above the bottom of theopening to permit the passage of the lowermost type through the opening,whereby inward pressure upon the finger piece causes the ejector toadvance from retracted position and causes the lateral extension of thefinger piece to obstruct the opening thereby to prevent ejection of theremainin type.

11. A type dispenser having a plurality of plates disposed inface-to-face relationship, the contiguous face of at least one of theopposed plates having a recess for receivin a stack of type, the recessextending outwardly to one edge of the plate to define a dischargeopening, the contiguous face of at least one of each of the opposedplates having a groove communicating with the recess adjacent its lowerwall, an ejector mounted to move in the groove from a retracted positionto an advanced position within the recess and operative while advancingto contact the inner end of the lowermost type and to eject it from therecess, the contiguous face of at least one of each of the opposedplates having a groove vertically offset above the recess, and a plungermounted in the second groove to move inwardly and outwardly of saidplate, the plunger having its inner end interconnected with said ejectorand its outer end projecting beyond the one edge of the plate, the outerend of the plunger havin a depending finger piece adjacent the dischargeopening, the said finger piece having a lateral extension extendingtransversely of the opening but spaced above the bottom of the openingto permit the passage of the lowermost type through the opening, wherebyinward pressure upon the finger piece causes the ejector to advance fromretracted position and causes the lateral extension of the finger pieceto obstruct the opening thereby to prevent ejection of the remainingtype.

12. A type dispenser comprising a casing having a chamber for receivinga stack of type, the chamber extending outwardly to the edge of thecasing defining a discharge opening, an ejector mounted to move from aretracted position to an advanced position within said chamber andoperative while advancing to contact the inner end of the lowermost typeand to eject it through the opening, a plunger mounted to move inwardlyand outwardly relative to the casing and having its inner endinterconnected with said ejector and its outer end projectin beyond theopen end of the casing, the outer end of the plunger having a fingerpiece spaced from and extending parallel to said edge of the casing andadjacent the opening, said finger piece having a lateral extensionextending transversely of the opening but spaced above the bottom of theopening to permit the passage of the lowermost time through the opening,the parts being so constructed and arranged that inward pressure uponthe finger piece causes the ejector to advance from retracted positionand causes the lateral extension to obstruct the opening, thereby toprevent ejection of the remaining type.

EDWARD W, FLOOD.

REFERENCES CITED The following referenlces are of record in the file ofthis patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 372,270 Lynde Oct. 25, 1887973,332 Ablett Oct. 18, 1910 1,504,643 Nudl Aug. 12, 1924 FOREIGNPATENTS Number Country Date 22,473 Great Britain 1913 Certificate ofCorrection Patent No. 2,477,514 July 26, 1949 EDWARD W. FLOOD It ishereby certified that error appears in the printed specification of theabove numbered patent requiring correction as follows:

Column 5, line 63, for the Words the move read to move;

and that the said Letters Patent should be read with this correctiontherein that the same may conform to the record of the case in thePatent Ofiice.

Signed and sealed this 20th day of December, A. D. 1949.

THOMAS F. MURPHY, I

Am'atemt Uommaaaioner of Patentc.

